Question

Which answer choice best explains how the bolded participial phrase is used in this sentence?

The elderly couple dancing the tango in the ballroom swayed to the rhythms of the song.

A. It is an adjective to describe the word couple.
B. It is an adverb modifying the verb swayed.
C. It is the active verb in the sentence.
D. It is used as the subject noun of the sentence.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A. It is an adjective to describe the word couple.

Step-by-step explanation:

Adjective is a word that represents the quality of other word. It is an additional informational word which supports and modifies the other word. In the given sentence elderly is adjective which is describing the quality of word couple.